INTSO EDUCATION GENERAL KNOWLEDGE TALENT SEARCH OLYMPIAD(GTSO) STAGE - 1

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INTSO EDUCATION GENERAL KNOWLEDGE TALENT SEARCH OLYMPIAD(GTSO) 2016-2017 STAGE - 1 TIME : 60 min. CLASS : X Max. Marks : 50 Instructions: a Fill the OMR sheet completely and carefully.

1 INTSO EDUCATION GENERAL KNOWLEDGE TALENT SEARCH OLYMPIAD(GTSO) STAGE - 1 TIME : 60 min. CLASS : X Max. Marks : 50 Instructions: a Fill the OMR sheet completely and carefully. a Each question carries one mark and has only one correct answer. No negative marks a The question paper contains 50 questions to be answered in 60 minutes. 1. Which of the following statements are not true related to the Constituent Assembly? [ ] i) Elections to the Constituent Assembly were held in July, ii) Constituent Assembly could have been chosen directly by all the people of India. iii) Constituent Assembly took great care to consider all shades of opinion and give wide publicity to its own work so that all kinds of people could provide their inputs. iv) Constituent Assembly had nineteen women members. 1) i and ii only 2) ii and iii only 3) iii and iv only 4) ii and iv only 2. Regarding the President of Indian Union which is incorrect? [ ] 1) He is the head of the state 2) He represents the nation 3) He is the executive head of the state 4) He is the symbol of the nation 3. Which of the following committees worked for the preparation of Indian Constitution?[ ] i) Union Powers Committee ii) Drafting Committee iii) Union Constitution Committee iv) Provincial Constitution Committee 1) i, ii, iii and iv 2) ii, iii and iv 3) i, ii and iii 4) i, iii and iv 4. The President of the Indian Union will be generally bound by the advice of [ ] 1) Secretaries 2) Council of Ministers 3) Supreme Court 4) Bureaucrats in the administration. 5. Who pointed out that draft didnot adapt from more recent Constitutions of the times like Soviet Union by the time of its formation? [ ] 1) K.M. Munshi 2) S.C. Banerjee 3) Damodar Swarup Seth 4) Rohini Kumar Chaudhury 6. With President Pratibha Patil being the first Citizen to be enumerated, followed by [ ] 1) Prime Minister 2) Chief Minister 3) Vice - Presedent 4) Dy. Prime minister. 7. Which of the following statements is / are true? [ ] a. The Sex Ratio in India is 940 as per 2011 census. b. The Sex Ratio has seen a decline in the past decade c. India has the worst sex ratio in 1991 when it was ) a, b 2) a, c 3) b, c 4) All the three 8. Which general election was held in 1967 in India? [ ] 1) First 2) Second 3) Third 4) Fourth 9. Political party which was dominant in Anti - Hindi Agitation [ ] 1) Assam Gana Parishad 2) Siromani Akali Dal 3) Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 4) Shivasena 1

2 10. Which of the following is incorrect with reference to Congress Party from 1947 to 1962? 1) The Congress Party formed the government in many of the states. [ ] 2) The Congress always had within its smaller groups. 3) Congress appear as if it was a party representing diverse interests and positions. 4) Congress encouraged multiparty democracy. 11. Which of the following were the main demands of Assom people during Assom Movement? i) Local people should be given greater preference in employment [ ] ii) Out siders should be removed from the state iii) Central government should give special status to Assom iv) The resources should be used for the benefit of the locals. 1) i, ii and iii 2) ii, iii and iv 3) i, ii and iv 4) i, ii, iii and iv rd Constitutional Amendment provided a Constitutional Status to [ ] 1) Local self government at the urban level 2) Local self government at the village level 3) Union territories 4) State Governments 13. Who is present Cabinet Minister for Railways in India? [ ] 1) Shri Suresh Prabhu 2) Smt. Sushma Swaraj 3) Shri. Manohar Parrikar 4) Shri. Arun Jaitley. 14. The present Chairman of 14 th Finance Commission of India is [ ] 1) Raghuram G. Rajan 2) Y. Venugopal Reddy 3) Upendra Kumar Sinha 4) T. S. Vijayan 15. The present President of Vietnam is [ ] 1) Nguyem Minh Triet 2) Truong Tan Sang 3) Ho Chi Minh 4) Tran Duc Loung 16. Which of the following was not a cause for Human Rights Movements in U.S.S.R? [ ] 1) Government did not allow free multi - party elections. 2) Government did not allow free uncensored press or media. 3) Government did not allow freedom of expression or movement 4) Liberty is granted to all the people. 17. Which of the following are not the proper causes to oppose large dams? [ ] i) Displacement of large number of people ii) Compensation and rehabilitation problem. iii) It provides irrigation facility to thousands of hectares iv) It produces cheap hydel power 1) i and ii 2) ii and iii 3) iii and iv 4) i and iv 18. Which of the following was not true with American Civil Rights Movement? [ ] 1) It was conducted on non - violent method 2) Boycott of discriminatory services was held 3) Form of massive demonstrations and marches 4) Malcom X led the movement 19. Who was the leader of 'Narmada Bachaavo Andolan'? [ ] 1) Medha Patkar 2) Sundarlal Bahuguna 3) Anil Agrawal 4) Digvijay Singh 20. Until which date, India remained as a dominion of the Crown? [ ] 1) 14 th, Jan, ) 26 th, Jan, ) 22 nd, Feb, ) 19 nd, Sep,

3 21. Who among the following threw a bomb at a carriage which they believed was occupied by Kingsford, the judge of Mazaffarpur? [ ] 1) Lala Lajpat Rai and Ajit Singh 2) Bipin Chadra pal nd aurobindo Ghosh 3) Khudisam Bose and Prafulla Chaki 4) Raj Narain Bose and Aswini Kumar Dutt 22. The first venture of Gandhi in all - India politics was [ ] 1) Non - Cooperation Movement 2) Rowlatt Satyagraha 3) Champaran Movement 4) Dandi March 23. Which incident was not held in 1942? [ ] 1) Arrival of Cripps Mission to India 2) Launching of Quit India Movement 3) Indian National Army (INA) was formed 4) Subhash Chandra Bose proclaims the formation of the Provisonal Government at Singapore. 24. Which of the following statements is incorrect with reference to Himalayas? [ ] 1) The Himalayan ranges run in west - east direction in the form of an arch with a distance of about 2400kms 2) The northern most range is known as Lesser Himalayas. 3) The Lesser Himalayan ranges consist of the famous valley of Kashmir, Kangra ans Kulu. 4) Shivaliks extend over a width of kms. 25. Kerala coast is known as [ ] 1) Konkan coast 2) Canara coast 3) Malabar coast 4) Utkal coast 26. Which of the following statements are true with reference to monsoons in India? [ ] i) The monsoon forms in the tropical area approximately between 20 N and 20 S latitudes. ii) South - West Monsoon reaches India by June iii) South - West Monsoon changes its direction in winter season. iv) India receives its bulk of rain fall from North - East Monsoon 1) i, ii, iii and iv 2) i, ii and iii 3) i, ii and iv 4) ii, iii and iv 27. The term " trade " in trade winds in derived from [ ] 1) Latin word 2) French language 3) Greek word 4) German word 28. Which is the second largest among the peninsular rivers? [ ] 1) Godavari 2) Mahanadi 3) Krishna 4) Penna 29. Which of the following statements is not correct with reference to Indian rivers? [ ] 1) The Mahanadi rises near Sihawa in Chattishgarh. 2) The Krishna river rises from Mahabaleswar in Maharashtra. 3) The Narmada originates near Amarkantak in Jharkhand. 4) The Godavari rises in Triambak plateau in Maharashtra. 30. Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the age of formation (from the youngest to the oldest) of the given mountain ranges? [ ] 1) Himalayas, Vindhyas, Western Ghats, Decan Traps 2) Deccan Traps, Western Ghats, Vindhyas, Himalayas 3) Himalays, Western Ghats, Vindhyas, Deccan Traps 4) Vindhyas, Himalayas, Deccan Traps, Western Ghats 31. Arrange the following ranges in order as they occur from north to south [ ] I) Pir Panjal II) Karakoram III) Zalskar IV) Ladakh 1) II, IV, III, I 2) II, III, IV, I 3) I, II, IV, III 4) III, II, IV, I 3

4 32. Arrange the following rivers in descending order of their length : [ ] I) Ravi II) Cauvery III) Sutlej IV) Yamuna 1) I, II, IV, III 2) III, IV, I, II 3) IV, III, II, I 4) I, II, III, IV 33. In which of the following cities of India, the diurnal range of temperature is maximum?[ ] 1) New Delhi 2) Mumbai 3) Chennai 4) Kolkata 34. In the question given below, two statements are labelled as Assertion(A) and Reason(R). Find out the correct option as the indicators given below. Assrtion (A) : The Narmada is the largest among the west-flowing rivers of peninsular India. Reason (R) : It flows through the rift valley. [ ] 1) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A 2) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A 3) A is true but R is false 4) A is false but R is true. 35. In the question given below, two statements are labelled as Assertion(A) and Reason(R). Find out the correct option as the indicators given below. Assrtion (A) : The principle of equality before the law is not applicable to the President of India. Reason (R) : The President of India enjoys some special privileges under the Constitution of India. [ ] 1) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A 2) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A 3) A is true but R is false 4) A is false but R is true. 36. Which parliamentary committee has been constituted to examine the merger of budgets[ ] 1)Kamal nath Committee 2) Ramesh Jigajinagi Comittee 3) Veerappa Moily Committee 4) Ashok Chavan Committee 37. Match the following : Constitutional provisions Sources [ ] i) Federation a) U.S.A ii) Parliamentary b) Britain iii) Directive Principle c) Canada iv) Fundamental Rights d) Ireland i ii iii iv i ii iii iv 1) b a d c 2) b c a d 3) b c d a 4) c b d a 38. The least populated states in ascending order are [ ] 1) Sikkim, Mizoram, Goa, Arunachal Pradesh 2) Sikkim, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Goa 3) Sikkim, Goa, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh 4) Sikkim, Goa, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram 39. According to census 2011, which one among the following states has the lowest female literacy rate? [ ] 1) Chhattisgarh 2) Jharkhand 3) Madhya Pradesh 4) Rajasthan 40. Choose the set of correct chronological order of the following events [ ] I) Non-Cooperation Movement II) Lucknow Pact III) Montague Reforms IV) World War I started 1) III, II, IV, I 2) IV, I, II, III 3) IV, II, III, I 4) IV, I, III, II 41. The President of the Indian National Congress at the time of Indian Independence was 1) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad 2) J.B. Kriplani [ ] 3) Jawaharlal Nehru 4) Rajendra Prasad 4

5 42. Garibi hatao slogan was used in which general elections? [ ] 1) ) ) ) Lal Bahadur shastri was also known as [ ] 1) Iron man of India 2) Loknayak 3) Man of peace 4) Deenabandu 44. Arrange the following in ascending order of lengths of their total tenure as prime ministers? I) Indira Gandhi II) Manmohan Singh [ ] III) Atal Bihari Vajpayee IV) Jawaharlal Nehru 1) II III I IV 2) III II I IV 3) III I IV II 4) II I IV III 45. Which is the first digital state in India? [ ] 1) Andhra Pradesh 2) Telangana 3) Kerala 4) Tamil Nadu 46. Who was the flag bearer for India in the 2016 Rio Olympics? [ ] 1) P.V. Sindhu 2) Abhinav Bindra 3) Sakshi Malik 4) Dipa Karmakar 47. Who is the recently appointed governor of RBI? [ ] 1) Raghuram G. Rajan 2) Urjit Patel 3) Buddadev Battacharya 4) Arun Jaitley 48. Standard cricket bats are made of [ ] 1) Pine wood 2) Rose wood 3) Teak wood 4) Willow wood 49. Which is the venue for Indian 500 th test match? [ ] 1) Green park stadium in Kanpur 2) Feroz shah kotla ground, Delhi 3) Sadar patel stadium, Ahmedabad 4) Eden gardens, Kolkata 50. Which of the following is not a priniciple of civil rights movement? [ ] 1) Discrimination against creed and caste 2) Equal rights 3) Freedom of expression 4) Sustainable development Z 5

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